Just as Americans now enjoy extravagant choices of wines, beers, and coffees, so too are we beginning to appreciate the pleasures of real hot chocolate. Here Ithaca, New York, restaurateur Michael Turback not only demystifies the process of preparing sophisticated drinking chocolates, he also advances the state of the chocolate arts with more than 60 contributions by preeminent chocolatiers from around the world. Illustrated with craving-inducing color photos, here are such concoctions as Lavender-Pistachio Hot Chocolate; Maple-Whiskey Hot Chocolate Toddy; Nutella Hot Chocolate; Malted Milkball Hot Chocolate; and Mocha Voodoo, spiked with rum.